The collections of the Birmingham Public Library Archives contain more than
400,000 photographs and 30,000,000 documents, including government records,
business records, maps, letters, diaries, scrapbooks and architectural drawings.

Thomas Smith Abernathy was born March 26, 1803 in Virginia. A minister, Abernathy was living in Alabama by 1829 and was one of five clergymen who organized the First Methodist Conference in Alabama. He spent much of his career as a circuit-riding minister. Abernathy died in Dayton, Alabama in 1882. This collection contains one bound volume of Abernathy's hand-written notes and outlines for sermons. Themes addressed by Abernathy include atheism, compassion, and obedience to law. The volume includes a brief index.

Size : 1 flat box

Collection Guide Available : Yes

ACIPCO Methodist Church Sunday School Class

WW II Correspondence

AR1835

This collection contains letters exchanged between members of the American Cast Iron Pipe Company Methodist Church Sunday school class and members of the church’s congregation serving during World War II.

Size : 1 box

Collection Guide Available : No

Akenhead, Linda

Survey of Six Historical Religious Structures in Birmingham.

AR758

Photographs and printed material documenting the history and architecture of six downtown Birmingham religious structures: Cathedral Church of the Advent (Episcopal), First Baptist Church, First Presbyterian Church, First United Methodist Church, St. Paul’s Catholic Church and Temple Emanu-El.

Size : ¾ liner foot (2 boxes)

Collection Guide Available : Yes

Federation of Women's Missionary Society of Birmingham

Minutes, 1911-1923

AR277

This volume contains minutes of the semi-annual and occasional meetings of the General Board of the Federation. The group included representatives of missionary societies from the Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist, Episcopal and Christian denominations.

Size : ¼ linear foot (1 volume)

Collection Guide Available : Yes

West End Methodist Church, Women's Bible Class

Records, 1916

AR776

This collection contains a minute book and miscellaneous other records.